Improvement in supplying water to locomotives



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Patented Sept. 22 ,187 4.

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UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Lnon M. onnnon, on sr. MARYS, CANADA.

IMPROV EMENT I N SUPPLYING WATER TO LOCOMOTIVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 55,291, dated September 2-2, 1874; application filed July 13, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON MosEs OLENoH, of the town of St. Marys, in the county of Perth, Province of Ontario, Canada, have in- "ented certain new and useful Improvements in Supplying Water to the Tenders of Locomotive Railroad-Engines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description and specification thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention consists in a machine or construction of parts whereby a locomotive-engine moving on a railway-track may be enabled, by its traction-power, to elevate a tank from a cistern or reservoir of water to a place sufficiently elevated to cause the contents to flow into the tender. I The drawing or elevating of water by the power of the locomotive-engine for its own consumption, and the combination of parts to effect the same, is the subject of my invention herein described.

To enable others to construct the machine, I will describe the same as follows:

Similar letters refer to same parts in both drawings or figures.

Figure l is a front and partially-sectional view. Fig. 2 is a side View, showing position of principal working parts without full details.

a a is any cistern, reservoir, well, or other body of water below the surface of the ground, at any reasonable depth below, and immediately under or at the side of, any railwaytrack, and of any sufficient size or capacity suitable to the demand at the location thereof, or to the natural supply of water, over which any frame-work, ac, is constructed to sustain the several working parts herein described. I) is a tank, of the capacity of any tender of a locomotive, for water. m m are ways or vertical beams, between which the tank 1) slides as it is being elevated or depressed. The tank I) is elevated by the cable i, which is provided with a ring, k, at each end. Gable t passes through pulley j on the right, Fig. 1; thence up to and over pulley d on the right thence to and around pulley c on the tank I); thence up to and overpulley (Z on the left; thence to and around pulley j on the left, terminating in the ring, as mentioned. The pulleys j j are fastrailway-track at a distance suitable to the depth of the cistern or length of the cable needed. The tank 11 will. be elevated by a locomotive-engine drawing the cable by either of the rings 70, the opposite ring acting as a lock or stay, as the ring cannot go through.

The track 1' and cable '11 are broken away, so as to bring the pulleys j j and parts thereto belonging within the size of the drawing.

2 z are latches, catches, or pawls, which are pressed back by the tank in its passage, but fall out again under the tank I), at the same time ringing a hell, 8, to notify the engine-driver to case back, allowing tank b to rest on z z. The spout p is then dropped down, the inside end of spout 19 coming up against the hole q in the bottom of the tank b. A cord or rope opens the Valve which is inside of tank 1), covering hole (1,- then water flows out of tank I), through spout 19, into the tender. When the tank b is empty the spout p is thrown up, and then brake-lever g is pulled down by any rod or chain attached thereto, which then works levers h h, which then work elbow-cranks a a, which draw in latches z z, releasing the now empty tank I), which commences to slide down again into the cistern a, (cable c' being detached from locomotive,) said lever 9 also forcing brake f down on brake-pulleys e, preventing tank I) from running down too fast, and friction-pulleys a a press cable 01 down into grooves of the pulleys d (I, preventing the cable *5 from slipping.

The friction-pulleys a a and their support'v n are merely outlined in the drawing, and partially broken away, so as not to cover or confuse.

The distance of the water in the reservoir below the level of the track and the height to which the water is required to be elevated will always determine the length of the cable and the distance apart of the track-pulleys j j.

The machine will operate from either side. A suitable hook or coupling is attached to the locomotive on each side near the cow-catcher. A strong upright pin or simple hook will answer the purpose, the ring 70 being attached or hooked on. The tank rises by the tractionpower of the engine, and cable must be of such a length and stanchions of such a distance that the tender will be opposite the tank when the alarm-bell rings.

The tank fills through the valve-hole in the bottom as it settles down into the Water.

What I claim as my invention,.and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the cable or chain 2' and the pulleys j, d, and 0 with the tank 1), ways m, clutches or latches z, and discharge-spout 1), the whole constructed and arranged to be operated by the locomotive in passing over the track, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I, the said LEON M0- SES OLENOH, claiming the said invention and description thereof foregoing have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of April A. D. 1874, at the said town of St. Marys.

LEON M. OLENGH.

Witnesses:

E. W. HARDING, H. A. L. WHITE. 

